Undergraduate Program - Overview
Department Mission Statement
The Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering is committed to educating future engineers so they may contribute to the economic growth and well-being of both the state and nation, and to the advancement of knowledge in the mechanical and aeronautical sciences.
Program Educational Objectives
Each of the undergraduate programs offered through the department has the following Program Educational Objectives:
- Prepare its graduates to practice mechanical and/or aeronautical engineering in a broad range of industries;
- Enable interested graduates to pursue graduate education;
- Prepare its graduates to participate in research and development, and other creative and innovative efforts in science, engineering, and technology;
- Allow interested graduates to pursue entrepreneurial endeavors.
Program Educational Outcomes
Each graduate of the Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering programs will be able to
- work comfortably and competently with mathematics, science, and basic engineering principles;
- design and conduct experiments as well as collect, analyze and interpret data;
- design an engineering system, component, or process to meet prescribed needs and constraints;
- work comfortably on multi-disciplinary teams;
- identify, formulate and solve engineering problems;
- understand professional and ethical responsibility;
- communicate effectively;
- understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context;
- engage in life-long learning;
- stay abreast of contemporary issues;
- use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.
Description of Programs
The Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering offers multi-disciplinary programs of education and research in the analysis and design of mechanical, thermal, and aeronautical systems, products, and processes. Areas of emphasis of the programs enclude the applications of modern computer and multi-media technologies, and advanced computations, laser diagnostics, smart materials, robotics, and mechatronics in design and manufacturing, dynamics and control of machines and vehicles, transportation systems, thermal and energy systems, combustion and air pollution, fluid dynamics, and aerospace structures and vehicles.
We offer majors in:
- Mechanical Engineering
- Aeronautical Science and Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering / Materials Science Engineering (dual or combined major)
- Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautical Science and Engineering (double major)
The Mechanical Engineering and the Aeronautical Science and Engineering programs are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. (ABET)
The Mechanical Engineering/Material Science program is not accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. (ABET)
Admissions
Application information for Undergraduate Studies in Engineering